Last December, Charles Pastore, a real estate investor who owns property in East New York, purchased a century-old Bushwick brownstone, on the corner of Cooper…
Performance Picks: Campy Cats, Poetry Brothel Séance, and Experimental Comedy
THURSDAY Strays Continues through May 14 at The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg. 7:30pm (Sundays at 2pm and 7:30pm). $18. More info here. Imagine an…
Your Week in Film: Cronenberg’s Overdose Twins and Leaving Britney Alone
Grrrl Germs: a Visual History of Riot Grrrl 1990-1997 Various screenings, now through Saturday May 28 at Spectacle: $5. It’s been nearly 30 years since…
Bushwick’s Juno Is Switching Things Up So It Can ‘Stay in the Neighborhood’
On Monday John Barclay, proprietor of Bushwick mainstay Bossa Nova Civic Club, announced on Facebook that he was no longer involved with Juno, the upscale-diner “date spot”…
Drummer Emi Kariya Sips Cocktails at The Narrows When She’s Not ‘Party Drinking’
Out this month, “Meet the Regulars: People of Brooklyn and the Places They Love” is Joshua D. Fischer’s debut book, and the first to come…
Stomp Ordered to Fork Over $2.2M; Fire Dancing School Opens in Bushwick
On Saturday, a naked and bleeding woman was found semi-conscious between two parked cars on Bushwick’s Goodwin Place. She was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where…
Shimmy Up to these Four Shows for Your Listening Pleasure
Honey, The Men, Foster Care, JJ Doll Friday May 6, 8 pm at Alphaville: $8 in advance/ $10 at the door The season of leisure…
Brewery Coming to Bushwick; Guide to Outdoor Film Screenings
According to photos, developers at the former Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg forklifted a parked car to make room for ongoing construction. [NY Post] Kings…
Are YOU Ready For the Revolution? Our Top 5 May Day Weekend Picks
Whether you know it as International Workers Day or as spring-inflected May Day, this year’s May 1 falls on a weekend, which means two days packed to the brim…
It’s Not a Bar Crawl, It’s a Bookstore Crawl — But There Are Boozy Rewards
This Saturday, get drunk on essays, novels and comics during the first-ever Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl. The event, taking place on Independent Bookstore Day, will feature no less than 26 stores,…